Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-03
Friday, June B, 1887.
CUILFORD,s SOLDIER DEAD.


 vices of two hundred citizens of that town who fought for the Union. The monument cost &, 800 and the fund was raised by pri- vate subscription. The people were up early in the morning trimming their houses with buntinz,,and national mblems, and the streets about the public square presented gay ap- pearance in spite of the depressing effects of the weather. The Grand Army post erected 8 grand stand and raised a flag staff from which the national colors foated out over the monument. The monument is a shaft of Leete's Island granite twenty feet high sup ported by base and sub-bese of the same material. The die is of red polished granite resembling the Westerly stone and bears the following inscription:
 In memory of the men of Gr:lford who fell, ar | in honor of those who served in the war for the Union the grateful town erect5 this monument that their ezsnple may sie"k to coming genera tons
 The die is capped in with gray granite bearing the significant words, one on each side:
 Antietam, Getcysbr 2. Por5 Royal. Fredericfs bug.
 The monument is surmounted by soldier at "rest arms' The figure is of light gran ite.
 The parade started shortly after room, immediately after the sItival of the train from New Haven, on which arrived Governor Lounsbury and staff, Hon. W. B. Simonds of Hartford, Admiral Foote post, the Second regiment band and other guests. Governor [ 5unsbury and Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, the orator of the day, were the guests of Dr. Tal- ccjt.
 w. H. Lee of Batter A, c. N. G.. chief marshal, formed the parade in the following order: Second regiment band; Battery A, c. N. G; Governor Lounsbury and staff; Senator Hawley and other invited guests in carriages; department officers G. A. R.; Parmelee post, G. A. R., Guilford; Ad- miral Foote post, New Haven; dele gations from other posts. On account of the condition of the st-eets the line of march was very short.
 The dedicatoly exercises began about 1 o'clock. Rev. R. L. Mathison rendered the invocation, after which Captain Charles Griswold, chairman of the executive commit tee who had charge of the erection of the monument, presented it to the Grand Army of the Republic. Chairman Griswolds re- marks gave history of the work and were in part follows
 At public meeting held Memorial day in 1872, a movement was started by some of the leading citizens of Guilford to erect some suitable and lssting testimonial to those loyal sons who laid down their lives in de- fense of their country and the cause of fiber ty. A committee was appointed to solicit funds for a monument. About $1, 300 was raised by subscriptions and entertainments, and in the spring of 1874 the association WAS organized and all executive committee ap- pointed with instructions to erect pedestal. The pedestal of native granite was erected 1n 1879. Through the generosity of Mrs. Sarah B. Cone and Hon. Simeon B. Chittenden the required amount of funds were secured, and the contract for the statue awarded to Messrs. Phillips & Son, of New Haven. It was proposed that the monument be dedicated in 1886, but delays on the part of the contractors compelled it's postponement until this time. About 2OO of our young men were in the war and the names of those who gave their lives number about sixty and are inscribed on the polished side of the monument. The spot selected by your committee was the center of our beau tiful green. Near this monument lie the ashes of two hundred revolutionary soldiers killed while repelling the British invaders on our own shores in Guilford. What more tit ting spot could have been selected? And now, comrades of the Grand Army, we pre- sent you this monument, fsking you to pro | feet and care for it and that it may teach tc psste1i ity its lessons of patriotism and loyalty ! to country and it's flag. May the elements l deal tenderly with this memorial and may i | long endure as reminder of those who d1ee that the nation might live.
 Upon the die of the monument are inscribed | the names of the sixty dead soldiers of Gull | ford, referred to by Captain GrisWold. They are:
 I1G ROLL OF HONOR. Uriah N Pa nele ?, First eavally. c. V; .,, Henry B. Bullard, Fairfield Cook Samuel H Hp,l M Jonathan c. Norton, HezeF -ah Tuttle, First Ltgh battery, c. V.
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 goha B1 s gis Nnt5 1T faps T1sbas c. Tenth ldrew Adrrs, HeniJ A. Bt sl-, F'eventh in
 Samuel B. Dunn, l veil. f.sirs't ,,C.v; l Douole7s Fowler, Seven enth ip ltty, C. V. | Pat -ck Cox, Twen. ieth irfantry, C. V. | Jot Nor n, Twer.y-f t ir 1aGG : c. V- ~ Richard H. Fowle:. & nuel Fowler, Joel Q | Parnel, ?, He~vey s. Well n, Twenty seventh n
 Abraham Jactson. ven ninth infe ,tl /, Q. V Alexauder Pc ,rson, Toby Tout, IT 'rsieth in
 G5sr1ss Tucker Zee Second 146 Ms Ey iEyy.st1 gFy f cv Hsn,y W: w ght; Flfty;foq- ; iqfantry, Mas;
 %a% Moses N & B emea e S9e Nahs G Ben | Henry c. Dudley, Oliver " Eyf Edmrnd
 e5d Sor Ge0rf seD Mics e. Fanes scraa ton, Thoms M Scr1n+ n, Fou- oentl in:auti T,C V
 ps9s gateh sm HGSe n Solph Bep ! Dowd, H. Ellsworth Hr1, Hf mon B. Uohrsor
 Charles H. Benton. charles A. Bishop Joseph A Grosvenor, Samuel E GrosvencE, William H. Hut M teenth infantry, c. V.
 After Captain Griswold's address the mon unent was unveiled by Miss Margaret Foote l adopted daughter of General Hawley, chorus singing Keelee's American hymn The monument was accepted by the Grant l Army with the usual ritualistic exercises ] conducted by HalG Iandon, post commander
 and then given by the G. A. R. to the town
 which responded through Rev. E. M. Wit | tum Senator Hawley then delivered th oration, which was in his usual eloquent an6 l masterly style. 4 fter refe1-in to the burs of indignation from northern hearts that an l swered the attack on Fort Sumpter. the Gen
 eral proceeded:
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